Closure for containers



C. M. MORTON CLOSURE Eon CONTAINERS Dec. 1, 1925.

Filed Feb. 9, 1923 Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNirE-D @ARLES M- Meeren, F4 .B iifi'ALo, NEW Yoan.

crostini: v non CONTAINERS.

Application filed February 9, 13(23. Serial No. 618,106. y.; i .1. i :Lf i Q :n ,1m31 f To all 102mm. it {ma-y cof/1.06m.'

` -Beritlnoivn that I; @imanes Meeren,

a citizen "of" thet United" States, `ifesiding at Buffalo# in' tlie T'county' of Erie ASiate of New York,Lhave'linvented-nevv :useful ihprovenients 'in wirClosures `for Containers, ofivhielr`tlie following isi' a specification."

invention -relatesft'o a closure for a container which iswrno'reV particularly de-v signedjfor packing orthe lsuch preparations as tooth` paste, shaving soap, 4toilet ci'eanifsf the., and haslforlitsobjeetlthe prei vsioiif'of a'capor cover for the 'or receptacle-of such ycontainersv wlii'chvwill re- Ina-in5 permanently connected therewith, v4so thatthe" saine will vnot 'become' lost ktjr-mie.. placed; arid to socon'struct theseparts that the same are simple5"easily operable; eil'ective in iclosing the receptacle and Y'cz'ipable" 'of beLA cstoztthe container.

" Inl'tfhelaceoipanying drawings: Figure 1` is aside elevatidn "of ia' container'embodying myinventionand sliowingthefcover orcap off'tlie "body closedi" Eigrne 2 isa" similar viewls'howing"'the capo'pen."` Figure Slis4 'a vertical section on line 3 3, Fig.`1`""Figure L is"adetachedsectionalelevation of the 1imilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The body or receptacle l() and its neck 11 may be ot' any suitable form and material best adapted for holding the material to be packed therein, such for instance as the soft metal now commonly used for making the collapsible tubes in which tooth paste, shav- 40 ing soap and toilet creams are dispensed.

The mout-h or outlet at the upper end of the neck is normally closed by a cap or cover 12 which is stamped or formed out of suitable sheet metal having the requisite stillness. On its under or inner side this cap is provided with a packing 13 preferably con-- sisting of a disk of cork which is clamped or pressed against the upper end of the neck for sealing the mouth of the same and pre* venting drying out or leaking of the contents.

My invent-ion is designed to clamp the cap against the upper end of' the neck so as to effectually seal the container and also to 55 permit of readily opening the container to ingI mannfactredl econo'mically,Il so thatv there Alvvlllbe no yappre `1able increase inthe arranged e lrlfcliredat the Same angle grooves is provided with an enlargement 1 7,

the boundaries' or walls of which are sectorshaped, one radial wall 18 of the same being arranged low and in line or flush with the bottom of the companion inclined groove, the other radial wall 19 extending upwardly in a substantially upright position from the upper end of' the lower radial wall 18, and the are wall 2O of the enlargement connecting the upper end of the upper side of the rospective coupling groove with the upper end of the upper or upright wall 19 of the enlargement, the radius of this sector shaped enlargement being'substantially of the same length, though preferably slightly longer, as the Width of the lug engaging with the corresponding coupling grooves.

For closing the container, the cap is swung upwardly, while the lugs of its arms are arranged in the enlargements of the grooves, so that the cap is arranged above the neck, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. Q. The cap is now twisted in a forward direction about its axis so that the lugs enter the reduced parts of the grooves and the upper sides of these lugs bear against the upper sides of the grooves. Upon thus twisting the cover or cap the latter will be drawn with its packing down against the upper end of the neck and tightly close the saine.

In order to open the container, the cap together with its arms and lugs is turned about the aXis of the cap and neck in a rearward direction, whereby the lugs upon engaging the lower sides of the grooves raise the cap from the neck. At the end of this movement, as shown by dotted lines in Fic.

cap,- arms and lugs` integrally of sheet metal, the cost of the same is materially reduced inasmuch asy much less -material is usedthan would be the Vcase if 'the same were madeseparate and connected with each other. Furthermore, the forming of the grooves directly in the n'eck of the container andl the making of the cap, arms and lugs in one piece, reduces the number of parts which have-to be handled, and permits of producing a very simple,

compact and neat appearing container, and

thus well suited for dispensing toilet prepa neck provided on opposite sides with integral grooves the upper and lower sides of which are inclined, and a cap engaging with the top of said'neck and provided on opposite sides ot its periphery with downwardly extending arms arranged'on opposite sides of the neck and provided at their lower ends with inwardly projecting lugs which engage with the inclined sides of said grooves, said cap, arms and lugs being formed integrally of the same material and the upper and lower sides of said lugs being inclined atv the same angle as the upper and lower sides of said grooves, and the up-N per yend of each otsaid grooves having an enlargement of sector-shape, one radial side of said enlargement being inline with the bottom of the respective groove and forming a` continuation thereof, the other radial lside being upright,`andthe arc of said enlarge ment connecting'the top of said 'grooveand the top ofsaid upright side and curved about an axis which is arranged at the junc-A tion between the lower end of said -upright radial side and the radial side which forms 'the extension of the'bottom of the respective groove; and said enlargement having a radius substantially equal to the width of the respective lug arranged therein and said. lugs being adapted to fulcrum at the junc' tions between' said radial sides of said enlargements. n i

CHAIILES M.' MORTON."" 

